ASTARIGLAS® supports the creation of impactful visual environments through high-performance materials for signage and display applications. In addition, our framing solutions are available in both glossy and anti-glare finishes, making them ideal for photo frames, artwork protection and gallery presentations. From architectural signage to retail displays and interior framing, ASTARIGLAS® delivers clarity, durability and a refined finish, all from a single, dependable source. This is the front cover article of the March/April Sign Africa Journal.
ASTARIGLAS® GP
These cast acrylic sheets are made from 100% virgin methyl methacrylate monomer (MMA), ensuring that the highest quality product is achieved. This ensures excellent clarity, weatherability and high strength. They have been certified by Underwriters Laboratories to
UL-94HB, which is the highest flammability rating obtainable for acrylic sheets with 92% light transmission. They can be thermoformed, cut, drilled, bent, machined, engraved, polished and glued.
The Benefits Of Using ASTARIGLAS® GP
• ASTARIGLAS® GP is available in a wide range of standard sizes and thicknesses, in colours and colourless.
• ASTARIGLAS® GP has 92% light transmission.
• ASTARIGLAS® GP is a lightweight, rigid thermoplastic material that has higher breakage resistance than standard glass and is highly resistant to weather conditions.
• ASTARIGLAS® GP can be easily sawed, machined, thermoformed, and cemented and is ultraviolet light absorbing.
ASTARIGLAS® LED BLOCK AND SHEET
ASTARIGLAS® LED BLOCK is an alternative to conventional fabrication materials and methods. Ideas that were difficult to realise can now be created quickly without compromising quality, light diffusion, and illumination. The finished products will be stylish, sleek, and of the highest quality.
It is available in three thicknesses (20mm, 25mm, and 30mm) and two sizes (1220mm x 2440mm and 2000mm x 3000mm). Lighting and signage can now be made from a single block without having to put together multiple blocks for length and effect. This also opens up new usage and design ideas for light fixtures and signage as well as furniture, displays and accessories.
ASTARIGLAS® LED sheet is perfect for any illuminated application in commercial, industrial, residential and professional uses, both for indoor and outdoor utilisation.
ASTARIGLAS® DN
This is a specially formulated cast acrylic sheet designed to achieve the perfect balance between a rich, dark daytime appearance and optimal light diffusion for night-time brilliance. It provides a deep, black colour during the day. When appropriately lit from the back, it transforms into a brilliantly illuminated surface at night, making it ideal for eye-catching signage. With its exceptional weatherability, ASTARIGLAS® DN is perfect for both indoor and outdoor applications, ensuring lasting performance and visual impact.
ASTARIGLAS® AG (NEW PRODUCT)
ASTARIGLAS® AG (Anti-Glare) is a non-reflective cast acrylic sheet designed
to reduce reflection while enhancing clarity in framed artwork or prints. Unlike regular satin-surface acrylic sheets, which have a rougher texture, ASTARIGLAS® AG features a smoother surface that effectively eliminates reflections while improving the contrast of images and artwork. It shares the same properties as general-purpose acrylic sheets, being 17 times stronger than glass and only half its weight.
ASTARIGLAS® TESSEMATT S AND TESSEMATT DS
TESSEMATT is the name for the ASTARIGLAS® range of matt satin-textured cast acrylic sheets. The name comes from the Latin word ‘tessera’, which means a small cube of coloured glass used for ornamental purposes. The products are available in ASTARIGLAS® TESSEMATT S (single sided) and TESSEMATT DS (double sided).
This special texture provides elements of elegance and warmth. It retains the ‘frosted look’ even after thermoforming, sawing and drilling. Customers may choose from different degrees of translucency, as light is diffused uniformly, thereby softening strong colours and subtly filtering the light to reduce glare. The pleasant-to-touch surface makes this type of material suitable for furniture and certain architectural applications, as well as many other applications.
ECO CAST
This is a new innovation of high quality recycled and recyclable cast acrylic sheet. We use very high purity (≥ 99%). Depolymerised-MMA (DMMA) as raw material is exclusively made in our own facility to produce high quality recycled and recyclable cast acrylic sheets with equal quality as cast acrylic sheets produced from virgin MMA. Its anti glare properties provides superior quality in optical clarity and weatherability. It also features physical glare properties and chemical resistance, bringing the concept of recycled acrylic sheet to the next level.
ECO SIGNAGE SUPPLIES
+27 11 914 5252
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